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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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